Carl-Dag Lige

Carl

Curriculum Vitae

Name:
Carl-Dag Lige

Date of birth:
April 9th 1982

Address:
Linnu tee 30-1,
Tallinn 11317
Estonia

Phone:
+372 55688395

E-mail:
carldag(at)gmail.com

Education:

2008 - … University of Helsinki, Finland (Institute For Art Research, Faculty of Arts)
2002 – 2006 Estonian Academy of Arts, including student exchange in University of Tartu, Estonia (2003 – 2004) and University of Helsinki, Finland (2005 I semester)
2002 Graduated from the 32. High School of Tallinn

Academic qualification: Art History, Estonian Academy of Arts (2006), Cum Laude
Academic degree: Bachelor of Arts in Humanities.

Employment History:

August 2009 – January 2010 BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, intern (archivist, librarian)
February 2009 - ... Mustekala.info web magazine, critic, independent contractor
October 2007 – September 2008 Museum of Estonian Architecture, researcher, head of the photography collection
July 2006 – July 2007 Cultural Heritage Department of Tallinn, official
August 2004 – July 2005 Cultural Heritage Department of Tallinn, independent contractor
June 2004 – July 2004 Cultural Heritage Department of Tallinn, intern

Research activity:

March 2010 – April 2010 Study of Danish engineering company Christiani & Nielsen A/S and its connections to Estonia
July 2008 – November 2008 Study of decayed architectural monuments in Estonia
September 2007 – July 2008 Historical research and urban analysis of the abandoned Muslim, Jewish and Catholic parts of the Central Cemetery of Tallinn; Inventarisation of the Baptist Cemetery in Nõmme, Tallinn
Curatorial and co-operational projects:

• ULTIMA MEMORIA - Abandoned and decayed cultural monuments of Estonia, Estonian History Museum January 9th 2009 – March 28th 2009, Pikk 17, Tallinn, author of texts
• LEONHARD LAPINI MUUSEUM, May 6th 2008, 18-20h, Pärnu mnt 27-10, Tallinn, curator (together with Jarmo Kauge)

Relevant additional training/courses:

• 17th – 21st January 2007, Dessau, Germany and 28th April – 13th May 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark – Intensive course „Reworking the Modern Movement: On how to preserve Modern Movement monuments“

Language skills:

Estonian mother tongue
English very good oral and writing skills
Finnish very good oral and good writing skills
Russian basic oral and writing skills
German basic oral and writing skills

Computer skills:

Microsoft Office
Adobe InDesign

Published articles in English:

• "The Temptation of St. Tony“ – Veiko Õunpuu’s Ethics of Everyday Life, January 2010, Mustekala
• Blue Collar Blues, Estonian artists and the global economic crisis, January 2010, Mustekala
• Space for Living: Modern Estonian Apartment Houses and the Theory of Social Space, Maja (Estonian Architectural Review) nr 4/2009, p 10 - 19
• Arnold Berleant and Holmes Rolston III on Aesthetics of Nature, Ärsyke 2/3 2009, p 2 – 7
• Self-Made Messiah: Jacob Holdt’s America in Louisiana, October 2009, Mustekala
• Mustekala’s Colleagues Abroad: Artishok – Blog for Independent Art Criticism in Estonia, July 2009, Mustekala
• Values of Art and Pornography, May 2009, Mustekala
• IHME 2009: Antony Gormely and the Social Aspects of Contemporary Art, April 2009, Mustekala
• Emapthy for Kiira, April 2009, Liikekieli
• ”Down to Earth & Outer Space”, Paul Rimmington's Apocalypse. Paul Rimmington in Kalhama&Piippo 23.01. – 01.03.2009, February 2009, Mustekala
• Your Personal Public Space, Maja (Estonian Architectural Review) nr 3/2007, p 42 – 47
• Confusing Encounters - Senses in film and architecture, January 2006, Mustekala
• Have a Mangaburger, Please!, October 2005, Mustekala
• Mustekalan syyskuun näyttely: Raakel Kuukka, Rebekka, September 2005, Mustekala

Published articles in Estonian:

• Taani Messias Ameerika getos, Kunst.ee nr 1/2 2010, being published
• Nüüdiskunst ja demokraatia, Kultuuri KesKus, 3/2010, p 14 – 15
• Jeppe Hein ARoS’e kunstimuuseumis, December 2009, Artishok
• "Elu 69": seks ja erootika Eesti kaasaegses kunstis, May 2009, Artishok
• Eneseiroonia või sotsiaalkriitika? Maarit Murka näitus “0.43” Korjaamo kultuuritehases Helsingis 09.01. – 08.02.2009, February 2009, Artishok
• Ultima memoria : Eestimaa lagunenud ja hüljatud kultuurimälestised, ed. Mika Orava and Olev Liivik ; texts by: Carl-Dag Lige, Jarmo Lobjakas. Arhitektuuripärandi Hoidmise Selts : Eesti Muinsuskaitse Ümarlaud, Tallinn 2009.
• Igaviku paigad kaasaegses linnaruumis: Tallinna hüljatud kalmistud (together with Oliver Orro), in ed. Kais Matteus Muinsuskaitse Aastaraamat 2007. Muinsuskaitseamet, Tallinna Kultuuriväärtuste Amet, EKA Muinsuskaitse ja restaureerimise osakond, Tallinn 2008.
• Muinsusvõimetus, kuid mitte lootusetu, November 27th 2008, Sirp
• Rahutud eestlased küsivad Rootsis, miks me oleme õnnetud, November 3rd 2007, Eesti Päevaleht
• Sinu isiklik avalik ruum, Maja nr 3/2007, p 42 – 47
• Püha siluett ja surnud Tallinn, September 30th 2006, Eesti Päevaleht